The Budapest Prosecutor’s Office of Investigations has pressed charges against a 22 year-old man for preparing to carry out a terrorist act in Hungary “aimed at intimidating European residents”.
The man converted to Islam in a Budapest mosque in June 2020 and became a follower of radical, Jihadist Islam by the spring of 2021, supporting the Islamic State terrorist organisation, the prosecutor’s office said.
He took an oath to the terrorist organisation,
He took an oath to the terrorist organisation,
prepared an Islamic flag and displayed it in his home,
and started looking for potential targets for an attack. Between March and May he communicated with people on various online platforms about carrying out terrorist attacks. He received written materials and advice about preparing a pipe bomb and started acquiring the necessary materials to prepare one, ordering a remote controller from a webshop.
He agreed with someone online to commit simultaneous attacks in Siófok,
in western Hungary, and in Budapest with the aim of attracting publicity and intimidating the European public.
The prosecutor’s office has asked the court to hand down a prison sentence, excluding the possibility of a suspended sentence. The man is currently in custody.
The prosecutor’s office has asked the court to hand down a prison sentence, excluding the possibility of a suspended sentence. The man is currently in custody.
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5 Comments
And will mosq be closed now?
Radicals are always present
Anyone who claims that Islam is not an aggressive religion is refusing to see the facts. Maybe there are many Muslims who are peaceful people but they are dangerously quiet when violent acts are committed in the name of their faith.
He should be executed and the mosque should be closed and dozed down. Islam is a cancer and must be excised from the civilized world.
It is always the converts that are wackos. Feel sorry for actual Muslims who have to continued feel stigmatized because of them.
Also, why in the heck would a terrorist try to commit a terrorist act in Hungary? They would be sticking out like a sore thumb with the low percentage of Muslims in the country, lol.